Arsenal announce first deadline day transfer as defender completes loan move to old club

Arsenal defender Maldini Kacurri has joined League Two side Bromley on loan for the rest of the 2024-25 season.

The 19-year-old Albania youth international made his senior Arsenal debut in September's 5-1 EFL Cup win over Bolton Wanderers and has also been an unused substitute in the Premier League and Champions League this season.

It was agreed that Kacurri would benefit from a loan move for the second half of the campaign, though, and the 2005-born prospect has now returned to Bromley, whom he represented for five years as a youth player.

"From when I was about 10 to 15, I was here with the Youth set-up. It's a familiar place for me and I'm happy to be back," Kacurri told the official Bromley website.

Kacurri joined the Arsenal academy system from Fulham in 2022 and has now represented the club's Under-21s on 15 occasions, starting five matches in the current Premier League 2 campaign.

Born in London, the teenager represents Albania at international level and made his debut for the country's Under-21s in a 1-1 draw with Moldova in November.

Bromley sit 16th in the League Two table with 35 points from 28 matches, and Kacurri will wear the number 35 shirt for the Ravens.